Faced by the musket array, the tide warriors forgot that it was a group of women who kept shooting, and even more forgot that they were satisfied with the unclean ridicule not long ago, trying to easily break through the line of this group of women. In front of the flying bullets, Chao Yong turned around and ran. Their so-called courage at the beginning was just a unique psychological advantage in the face of women. When the opponent they encounter is a strong man who dares to fight, the only choice these Chaoyong will make is to flee.

The escape of the Qing army was tantamount to giving up the last possibility of survival, and the pikes on both sides of the female musket team began to charge forward with the Qing army, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a posture of pursuit. Since the Taiping uprising in Jintian, there have been many such battles. Once the Qing army front retreated, the entire Qing army collapsed. In the past, the collapse of the Qing army, the Taiping army could only cover up. This time, the Qing army fell into the trap carefully planned by the Taiping army, and just like the battle at Dayuan, the Qing army was surrounded and annihilated.

When the sun began to set in the west, Zhang Yingchen asked loudly to the troops in charge of searching for the body, "What?" Didn't find Liu Changqing? ”

Wei Ze repeatedly ordered in the army that scolding was not allowed. Swearing just because you're upset doesn't solve anything. For a person like Zhang Yingchen who admires Wei Ze very much, such a loud voice is already an extremely angry expression. Zhang Yingchen's anger was also justified, after his carefully planned battle plan was completed, Liu Changqing's subordinates were annihilated, but when examining the captured Qing army and the corpses of the Qing army, Liu Changqing could not be found.

Failing to kill Liu Changqing in the battle is tantamount to returning to the mountain. After the rise of the Taiping Army, there were many officers who were beaten to the annihilation of the whole army. As long as there are people above to protect them, the Qing army will still transfer new subordinates to these senior officers. For example, Xiang Rong has been defeated twice so far, and his troops have almost lost all casualties. According to the confession of the officer among the captives just caught, Xiang Rong is still guarding Guilin.

failed to kill Liu Changqing, but only annihilated Liu Changqing's current troops, which is not equivalent to annihilating the "Liu Changqing Department". It won't be long before the new Liu Changqing troops will continue to appear on the battlefield to entangle with the Taiping army. A big victory did not get the expected result, as the chief of staff, Zhang Yingchen felt that his credit was greatly reduced.

Not long after Zhang Yingchen finished drinking, Wei Ze arrived at the staff headquarters. He looked at Zhang Yingchen's angry appearance and asked the reason. After learning that Liu Changqing had actually escaped, Wei Ze couldn't help laughing. "Liu Changqing, this guy really can't be underestimated."

Wei Ze's laughter can be regarded as relieving Zhang Yingchen, if Wei Ze doesn't care about Zhang Yingchen's hard work and blames him, then Zhang Yingchen will only feel deeply aggrieved. Zhang Yingchen could only say hatefully: "Next time, I will send more troops to the pursuit force." We will not let these treacherous people escape. ”

patting the annoyed Zhang Yingchen on the shoulder, Wei Ze comforted: "Next time, let's talk about the next time, the encirclement that is several miles long can ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Sighing, Zhang Yingchen asked Wei Ze, "What about these captives?" ”。 More than 7oo of the 12oo Qing soldiers were killed in the battle, and more than 3oo were captured, except for a small number of those who escaped the encirclement. The Taiping army drove the Qing army to clean up the battlefield and search for the corpses, and after searching the corpses, they ordered the more than 3oo captives to strip themselves naked. As a result, when these Qing soldiers searched for the corpses, they did not forget to secretly stuff things on themselves. Some Qing soldiers even hid the silver in their mouths. It's just that the appearance of never opening his mouth with his mouth closed is too conspicuous, and after being ordered to open his mouth, he is exposed. After the victory, the Taiping soldiers were in a better mood, so they did not execute the prisoners, but ordered each of them to open their mouths and examine the gang one by one.

Speaking of this battlefield strange talk about asking for money and not killing after being a prisoner, Zhang Yingchen, who was full of upset, was also happy. Wei Ze felt even more funny, and couldn't help laughing, "Put away their weapons and strip off their clothes." Leave a few as guides, and let the rest go. ”

The Taiping army was extremely fierce in battle, but rarely executed prisoners. Even in the Taiping Army, there were "Dongyong" who defected to the Taiping Army when defending Yong'an. These Dongyong and the Taiping army reached an agreement during the battle to fire only empty guns at each other. Dong Yong also secretly sold his supplies to the Taiping army. Naturally, this kind of combat attitude could not satisfy the upper echelons of the Qing army, so the front-line battalion abolished Dongyong. As a result, many of the Dongyong who received severance pay defected to the Taiping Army after receiving severance pay.

Because he ran away from Liu Changqing, Zhang Yingchen was unhappy, and these Chao Yong had been fighting against Wei Ze, and he had no intention of cooperating or even surrendering, so he couldn't help but persuade: "Just let it go, isn't it not good." ”

"No, are you still going to kill them all?" Weeser asked.

When it came to killing prisoners, Zhang Yingchen no longer insisted. While he was talking, the brigade commanders also rushed to the location of the staff headquarters. Under such a big victory, everyone is high-spirited. Even if they learned that Liu Changqing was not caught, everyone was not discouraged. Wei Changrong even smiled: "If you don't catch it this time, there will be next time, one day he will fall into our hands." ”

The staff officer had already set up a drawing board, and the map was pinned to a thick cloth, and the thick cloth was fixed to the drawing board, and the operational discussion was ready. Wei Ze knocked on the map that had been hung, "Judging from the information obtained from the captives, the main force of the Taiping Army has crossed the Li River and headed north. Several armies of the Qing army have also crossed the river to catch up. In Guilin, Lipu, Yong'an and other places, there were formed units of the Qing army to guard. Do you have any thoughts? ”

Wei Changrong immediately said: "Now we have to send someone to catch up with the East King and them, as long as we know where the East King and them are going, we will take the road to catch up, and we will definitely be able to catch up." If we blindly chase us behind, the Qing army will return to deal with us, and we will not be able to bear it. ”

This is very good, Hu Chenghe hurriedly added: "I have already arranged for my brother to go to investigate, and I think it won't take long to learn the news of the Taiping Army." ”

Wei Ze nodded slightly, "I don't think we can wait here, now that this battle is over, the Qing army will know that we have arrived here anyway, if the Qing army is frightened, and the troops chasing the East King are transferred back to deal with us, we can't bear it." ”

"What then?" Lin Asheng, who was in charge of logistics, asked. The logistics units carried a large amount of supplies, moved slowly, and the movement of troops had the greatest impact on the logistics troops.

"We have to take the initiative to let the Qing army feel that they have mastered where we have been, but not let the Qing army know where we have been." Weese replied.

"Fake news?" Wei Changrong frowned.

Wei Ze nodded, "Yes! Fake news, but this news does not need to be spread by someone, but by the guns in our hands! ”

"So what exactly?" Wei Changrong asked, not only did Wei Changrong not understand Wei Ze's thoughts for the time being, but most of the officers attending the meeting did not understand what Wei Ze was going to do.

Wei Ze replied: "We want to cross the Li River, but we must not let the Qing army feel that we have crossed the Li River. ”

Everyone frowned and thought for a while, and Lin Asheng, the commander of the Third Brigade, was the first to figure it out, "This is to let the baggage troops cross the river, but other troops keep harassing the Qing army, making the Qing army feel that we are still on the south side of the Li River?" ”

With such a reminder, everyone understands. Hu Chenghe replied: "As long as the baggage troops cross the river, they will have a definite contact point when they make contact. ”

Wei Changrong was not very happy, "If the troops are divided in this way, the troops south of the Li River may not be more dangerous than the baggage troops crossing the river." In case the Qing army collided with the baggage troops, the main force was still on the Jiangnan side, and it was too late to rush to the rescue. ”

Wei Ze nodded, "Therefore, our troops on the south side of the Li River have to endure hardships, and no matter what, we have to make the Qing army scratch their heads." ”

"Wei Checkpoint, do you want to stay in Jiangnan?" Zhang Yingchen asked. Although it was an interrogating tone, Zhang Yingchen also felt that with Wei Ze's style, it was impossible for him to stay in a more comfortable place.

Wei Changrong said: "Wei Jian point don't stay in Jiangnan, I'll just stay here." The Qing army on the south side of the Yangtze River was all sitting on the ground, and they fought several big defeats in a row, and Liu Changqing was beaten like this, so they were reluctant to go out of the city. Even if the Qing army is bold enough to go out of the city, I can't beat the Qing army, as long as I run, the Qing army can't catch up with me. Jiangbei is more tight. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone nodded. According to the information provided by the captives, Xiang Rongsuo's troops of the Qing army held on to Guilin, while Changlu, Kailong'a, Yu Wanqing, Li Nengchen, Zhang Guoliang and other troops brought 20,000 or 30,000 people to pursue. Liu Changqing was also a member of the pursuing force, but when he learned that Wei Ze's troops were coming straight to Guilin, he was temporarily transferred back to meet them.

At present, the reconnaissance troops have not yet crossed the river, and they do not know the deployment of the Qing army north of the Li River, but it is south of the Li River. It is not easy for the baggage troops to march, and there are still a large number of old and weak people who must follow the baggage troops. If any Qing army north of the Li River collided with the baggage troops, and whether Wei Ze was in charge of Jiangbei or not, it would be very different.

Since everyone thinks so, Wei Changrong also volunteered to take on the harassment work in Jiangnan, and Wei Ze also agreed to lead the team north. After finalizing the division of labor, Zhang Yingchen suddenly said: "Wei Checkpoint, since this is the case, let's make good use of those captured Qing troops!" ”

"What do you think?" Wei Ze saw that Zhang Yingchen had a malicious look on his face, it seemed that Zhang Yingchen had come up with quite an interesting method.

"It's useless to be the only one who is alone, and I need to ask Wei to do me a favor." Zhang Yingchen replied.

Wei Ze smiled: "There is no help, no help, let's talk first, how are you going to use these captured guys." ”

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